Friday, October 2, 2026

Tag: climate change

How climate change is washing away precious evidence of our distant...

Archaeologists and policymakers are now working side by side to keep peatlands protected environments, to help capture and preserve both carbon and the evidence of the UK’s history.

Steps individuals can take to combat climate—change

What once was considered a trend or an ideological point of view is now a global issue. Climate change is real and...

Jordan Peterson’s climate expert is science denier funded by oil-backed think...

The Canadian psychologist was widely criticized for spreading climate misinformation this week on the popular Joe Rogan podcast.

How an undercover cop set back a climate movement

There had to have been some who were suspicious of Mark ‘Flash’ Stone when he first joined UK activists fighting climate change...

Exposing the massive hypocrisy of international insurance companies

Despite the pro-climate rhetoric of the insurance industry—and warnings by the world’s climate scientists calling for an end to fossil fuel exploration—leading...

Over 450 climate scientists say advertising industry must end ‘complicity’ in...

The scientists say that they are “consistently faced with a major and needless challenge” of having to correct false information and rebut the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to downplay the severity of climate change.

We’ve breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution, study says

Many thousands of human-made chemicals and synthetic pollutants are circulating throughout our world, with new ones entering production all the time —...

How Exxon is using an unusual law to intimidate critics over...

Exxon has "a track record of promoting half truths, misrepresentations and in some cases outright lies."

London jury acquits 3 extinction rebellion activists

Three Extinction Rebellion activists who disrupted a London train during rush hour were acquitted by a jury Friday.  The three defendants,...

Rising temperatures linked to kidney disease

While global warming impacts our world and our lives in many obvious ways, a new study links rising temperatures with renal diseases,...

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The Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Photo: M.O. Stevens (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Midterms Have Revived Universal Healthcare Debate. These States Are Ahead of Everyone.

While Democratic congressional candidates are floating the restoration of federal Affordable Care Act subsidies and Medicaid funding, Oregon officials are crafting a more ambitious plan to implement universal coverage in their state.
The Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

States sue EPA over repeal of power plant greenhouse gas limits

A coalition of attorneys general, governors and mayors asked the D.C. Circuit to restore the 2024 standards, which the EPA put at billion in avoided costs when it repealed them.
Children eating at a day care center. Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Americans of all ages want more federal help with childcare costs. Gen Z most...

New polling from The 19th and YouGov found that support for child care spending was particularly strong among Gen Z, reflecting how affordability shapes their future family planning.
An Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, not the Rock Tavern facility. Photo: Indy beetle (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Amazon warehouse workers in Rock Tavern strike over conveyor speeds and ignored safety complaints

Teamsters say managers deleted safety posts from Amazon's internal feedback board; Amazon says the picket was an illegal attempt to intimidate workers.
A classroom in the United States. Photo: Marie from Malang, East Java, Indonesia / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.

Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places.